Good News in an Ocean of Bad

By

David S. Broder The Washington Post

Updated April 23, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- On the theory that you too may be ready for some good news, let me turn from Iraq, the war on terrorism and presidential politics and call your attention to a meeting this weekend in Tokyo where the United States government is leading a broad international effort to accomplish something that promises benefits for all nations and people.

That may sound like pie-in-the-sky, but after talking with the two people heading the...